The Hercules Deluxe Optical Glass is a low-cost webcam.

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The Hercules Deluxe Optical Glass is a low-cost webcam. This is based on the Hercules Classic Silver, now with a glass lens for better focus and light gathering and 4 LEDs that provide variable lighting. This is similar to the Hercules Deluxe Webcam as well, but comes with a headset in addition to the integrated microphone and creates video at a slightly lower resolution. The clamp can attach the camera to a flat panel monitor or laptop, or it can act as a stand on a desk or CRT screen. The included software can perform 3x digital zoom, and can use this zooming to do automatic face-tracking within its field of view. Video output can be as high as 800x600 resolution in interpolation mode.

Features

VGA sensor with glass lens

4 lighting LEDs

Integrated microphone and included headset

30 frames per second

Up to 1.3 megapixel photo resolution in interpolation mode

Up to 800x600 video resolution in interpolation mode (optimized for the most popular instant messaging software)